The AH Coffee Shop and Reading Room 02: A Comma (is a Restful Pause)

[_Lynn_]

I've taken more naps this week than I normally do in a year.

 

[TxRad]

HP, you forgot the key part of making proper army coffee. Once made, it needed to be actively boiled for a couple of hours until the cream is actually needed to dilute it enough to insert the spoon to stir. Once tasted, never forgotten; it could be used to patch tires, kill ants and remove powder fouling from gas pistons.

On the whole, I much prefer Tex's coffee.

After reading the first part, the second part makes perfect sense.

HP, with the temperature swings and the humidity here, cool and dry are relative terms.

 

[MagicaPractica]

I've taken more naps this week than I normally do in a year.

I'd go for one every afternoon if I could.

 

[TxRad]

I've taken more naps this week than I normally do in a year.

Naps are good. They let the body catch up on things it needs to do.

 

[_Lynn_]

I'd go for one every afternoon if I could.

Naps are good. They let the body catch up on things it needs to do.

Let's hope they help then.

 

[Handley_Page]

HP, you forgot the key part of making proper army coffee. Once made, it needed to be actively boiled for a couple of hours until the cream is actually needed to dilute it enough to insert the spoon to stir. Once tasted, never forgotten; it could be used to patch tires, kill ants and remove powder fouling from gas pistons.

On the whole, I much prefer Tex's coffee.

<smiles>
Ah, I only [suffered] that species once. The Sergeant in charge did not spare his feelings for the idiot who let it get that bad. Some folks actually admitted to liking it.
They were taken to the Medical Centrer 'for tests'.

 

[ChloeTzang]

<smiles> Ah, I only [suffered] that species once. The Sergeant in charge did not spare his feelings for the idiot who let it get that bad. Some folks actually admitted to liking it. They were taken to the Medical Centrer 'for tests'.

Are you SURE it was strong enough. The standard test is.......

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/d4/3e/3c/d43e3c4b36629cf98cafbf6ec6bd614e.jpg

 

[Handley_Page]

Chloe, we were under orders to be Very Careful with strong coffee; wouldn't want a plane to fall out of the sky due to bad maintenance.
BTW, does that cat picture remond you of anything ?
Like - the dragon from "How to train your dragon "?

HP, you forgot the key part of making proper army coffee. Once made, it needed to be actively boiled for a couple of hours until the cream is actually needed to dilute it enough to insert the spoon to stir. Once tasted, never forgotten; it could be used to patch tires, kill ants and remove powder fouling from gas pistons.

On the whole, I much prefer Tex's coffee.

It did not help the weeds much, either.

After reading the first part, the second part makes perfect sense.

HP, with the temperature swings and the humidity here, cool and dry are relative terms.

An air-tight container is therefore a must.

I'd go for one every afternoon if I could.

I usually do.

 

[NotWise]

I have hotel-room coffee that's too week to count as coffee. The stuff downstairs is better.

 

[TxRad]

I have hotel-room coffee that's too week to count as coffee. The stuff downstairs is better.

The stuff downstairs is always better. Or at least that's what the ladies always tell me.

Morning all,

Fresh coffee is always good.

Chloe, back the caffeine off to that pussy before it explodes.

 

[Handley_Page]

The stuff downstairs is always better. Or at least that's what the ladies always tell me.

Morning all,

Fresh coffee is always good.

Chloe, back the caffeine off to that pussy before it explodes.

Or give it some sunglasses.
But I'll have a cup of coffee please

 

[TxRad]

Sunglasses? Will those limit the debris field?

It is a beautiful afternoon.

 

[Handley_Page]

HP, you forgot the key part of making proper army coffee. Once made, it needed to be actively boiled for a couple of hours until the cream is actually needed to dilute it enough to insert the spoon to stir. Once tasted, never forgotten; it could be used to patch tires, kill ants and remove powder fouling from gas pistons.

On the whole, I much prefer Tex's coffee.

Mine was 'Air Force' type. Shorter boiling time, I think.

Sunglasses? Will those limit the debris field?

It is a beautiful afternoon.

We've had loads of sunshine; rather to everyone's amazement.
Quite how long this will last is a mystery, but it's obviously time to get out the lawn mower. . .
Tea, I think

 

[TxRad]

Mine was 'Air Force' type. Shorter boiling time, I think.

We've had loads of sunshine; rather to everyone's amazement.
Quite how long this will last is a mystery, but it's obviously time to get out the lawn mower. . .
Tea, I think

One cuppa tea coming up.

Shouldn't you let the grass dry a little? You wouldn't want ruts in the garden. Or would they be part of the drainage system?

 

[ChloeTzang]

One cuppa tea coming up.

Shouldn't you let the grass dry a little? You wouldn't want ruts in the garden. Or would they be part of the drainage system?

And I am decaffeinating with a nice fruit smoothie. Got some editing done this afternoon in the coffee shop and am now at home with my smoothie doing some more while I think about what to cook for dinner. Domesticity! Who'd a thunk it?

 

[_Lynn_]

I managed a few short walks today (and I mean really short). The sun is out and we made it over forty degrees.

 

[Hypoxia]

More coffee, while fingering the Lili'u tenor taropatch 'uke. It's voicings are complex. More coffee.

Presumably a function of the harmonics ?

No, blame the stringing, which on this 6-string goes G-c'c-e-Aa instead of a linear G-c-e-a. The G and A strings are wound; all others are single strand.

Each course has unique voices so it's almost like playing four 'ukes at once. The c'c and Aa courses sing differently if picked up- or down-ward, and I highlight the upper octave by picking near the bridge, the lower octave by picking halfway up the neck, but both octaves are always then, like double-stopping. The wound G and naked e strings have their own distinct sounds.

I end up playing bass lines on both the top and bottom strings, modulating keys to avoid hopping octaves, and playing up the neck more than on other 'ukes with more unified voices. Complex sounds, and a challenge. Oh goody.

Our local auction this week has a large Sitar in its case. It is about five feet long. It didn't sell last week, probably because the reserve was too high, but there is a lack of local Sitar players.

I consider sitars every now and then but where the fuck to stash one? Maybe standing on the library table in front of the altar rug. I've also fancied making a cigar-box sitar and no, not just a 3-stringer that buzzes, but the real thang with a hollow neck and sympathetic strings. Rad, hey?

Anyone read Blue Highways by William Least Heat Moon? An old favorite, detailing his trip around some of these United States on the "blue highways." I highly recommend it. Gentle humor and meeting new people.

Those are the roads we travel and the people we encounter. Some people dash from point to point. We find what's in-between to be the good part.

I have hotel-room coffee that's too week to count as coffee. The stuff downstairs is better.

Double up. Our usual stops provide filter bags instead of accursed K-cups and we just put two bags in the coffeemaker. Then it's almost strong enough to last till we get to a Black Bear diner.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

When I was in the Corps surgeon's office, the Sergeant Major made the coffee. He was a tea drinker and the coffee was terrible. Fortunately the section E-6 kept a bottle of Benedictine and Brandy in his desk. It helped a lot.

 

[TxRad]

Fresh coffee and kettle for the evening crowd.

Supper? Supper? Supper? Spaghetti. I think.

Spent some time on the back porch again today. A nice place to write for now.

Bear, you actually found weak coffee somewhere within the Marines? I always thought the coffee was a hold over from the Navy days when they used it to strip paint off battleships.

 

[MagicaPractica]

If we all concentrate reeeeeal hard on sunshine, maybe we can make the snow stop? Oy vey. That was one of the worst drives home this winter, and it's not winter anymore!

 

[TarnishedPenny]

If we all concentrate reeeeeal hard on sunshine, maybe we can make the snow stop? Oy vey. That was one of the worst drives home this winter, and it's not winter anymore!

Sorry, but I guess my nuke-fuelled prayers sent it all your way. We have tulips coming up in one spot and waist-deep snow six feet away. Damnest winter I've ever seen.

 

[TxRad]

Sorry, but I guess my nuke-fuelled prayers sent it all your way. We have tulips coming up in one spot and waist-deep snow six feet away. Damnest winter I've ever seen.

Here's a plot bunny for ya:

One of the late effects of global warming is a mini ice age.

There was one back in the 14-1500's if memory serves. Probably before that but those dates stick in my mind.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Morning, all. Large black, please.

 

[NotWise]

I'm heading home this morning into yet another storm crossing the continent. It seems like this one will stay south and spare you northerners.

 

[oggbashan]

Here's a plot bunny for ya:

One of the late effects of global warming is a mini ice age.

There was one back in the 14-1500's if memory serves. Probably before that but those dates stick in my mind.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age